The day after a deadly derailment, a rail crew works at the scene in the Bronx near the Spuyten Duyvil station. The Dec. 1 Metro-North passenger train derailment killed four people and wounded 63.

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"Operation Deep Dive," a 60-day safety assessment of Metro-North Railroad, starts Monday. The probe by the Federal Railroad Administration is welcome. After a deadly Dec. 1 derailment on the Hudson Line, the federal agency had already demanded a systemwide safety stand-down and issued a rare emergency order mandating immediate safety steps at the busiest commuter rail system in the nation.

More can be done to ensure passenger safety on Metro-North and on commuter rail systems across the nation.Instituting 'PTC'